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Vanity Poems | Examples of Vanity Poetry

Premium Member Retaliation
Retaliation-the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself, revenge~ protectionism invites retaliation—def it is what it is ...

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Categories: perspective, vanity,
Form: Senryu
Paper Tigers
Some go through life in a sophomoric zone Knowing about strangers while being alone To ever quote names or that face in the crowd Aggrandizing self as their folly — astounds (Reading Market Philadelphia: May, 2025) ...

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Categories: vanity,
Form: Rhyme



Footprints
Be one with the earth For she understands all. All beings are transient; breathe - Whether you walk or crawl. In whispers of wind, the stories unfold, Each step leaves a trace, in soft grains of gold. Through shadows of ages, our journeys entwine, In the dance of existence, our footprints...

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Categories: vanity, appreciation, confidence, deep, earth,
Form: Quatrain
Nobody Can Resist A Charmer
Attractive lady with long shining hair, nobody can resist such a charmer; I bet you turn guys on to have fun, and when danger comes, you run! The one that promises the joys of Heaven and make him walk slowly on rainless clouds is a true deceiver who counts just to seven, he's ready to give a handful of fake outs! No...

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Categories: vanity, anger, desire, emotions, how
Form: Lyric
Broken mirror
Why do you seem so confident. When all this will disappear. Why does it seem so evident. When you finally face your fear. When hell has lost its precedence. And heavens a wish a way. You murdered all your yesterdays and placed them in shallow graves Oh, mirror mirror on the wall am I a shadow in your heart. Oh mirror...

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Categories: vanity, confidence, fantasy, horror, identity,
Form: Free verse



A vision of obscurity
If I watch you closely dose that make me insecure. If you're longing for a lover maybe? My love is to impure. Impleaded fantasy's I'm sick and you're the cure. Materialistic lament, hypercritical that's for sure. Under a blanket of infidelity, obscene and obscured. hearts are devoured, blood thirsty, and I want more. A monster lives inside of me. Indecisions and he not sure, If...

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Categories: vanity, conflict, horror, mystery, psychological,
Form: Free verse
21st Century Emperor's
The emperors have no clothes on! People are living in a trance Psychologists like to call it cognitive dissonance Perhaps even a carefully crafted chance To see what isn't there, only to praise a hollow show, While truth and reason disappear, common senses go. It’s just simply a situation gone sad I can’t help but wonder, have we been had or merely...

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Categories: vanity, confusion, life, parody, peace,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Thought of the day
to give ourselves a raise, do we seek praise ~ delusion of vanity, let’s erase...

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Categories: introspection, spiritual, vanity,
Form: Couplet
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We cured death on a Tuesday, launched the trial on a Thursday, by Friday, 14% of the test group was gnawing on the janitorial staff. Still, the press was kind. “Remarkable resilience,” they wrote, as Unit 42A chewed through its restraints, and tried to bite a cameraman. We called them SoulSavers™, engineered for eternal youth, a proprietary blend of nanites, CRISPR, and just a dash of...

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Categories: vanity, dark, horror, humor, life,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Trump I-Fucation
Trump I-Fucation Flickering beacon of light. Red core inflamed. Elites on the dole. Narcissists Me Trumps We. Fraud: Ace in the Hole. GOP Rats pilfer the hold. Viral blight dissembles. Emperor fiddles While chaos reigns. Diagnosis: Deep Vain Trumposis. Systemic Sclerosis. Democracy Desecrated, Pandora’s lost hope! Copyright@Mel Gill 2023...

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Categories: vanity, angst, betrayal, bullying, conflict,
Form: Free verse
Vanity Worth
If you have money The whole world want to meet you Not shy for favor....

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Categories: money, power, vanity,
Form: Senryu
Premium Member This is me now
I'm not the youth I used to be I think that's got its worthwhile perks though the mirror sometimes disagrees With wisdom came a couple wrinkles and a few dear friends who stood the test of time I'm not the youth I used to be I don't think I'd have the stamina to start it all again it's taken all my energy...

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Categories: friendship, me, mirror, vanity,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Igor needs a bigger lab XII
In bed Don loves wearing his gold Where billionaire's come to the fold They need not hold loins But just buy Trump coins While we work till we're dead and old Trump’s deals concern what he can break It’s how this Don hauls in his take The rich on him spend As they must depend On what they’ve kissed his ass to...

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Categories: vanity, america, corruption, insect, money,
Form: Limerick
Her
Her hair is cherry coke red Her stanely cup is pink Her eyes are not dead Her mind does not think Her heart is full of love Her hand is full of yours Her clothes fit like a glove Her body holds the cures The love was never mine But I held it so tight Blood as red as wine Tears reflect the light...

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Categories: vanity, 12th grade, beauty, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Classifieds
In the quiet still in the sable night dreamy dotted with punctuates of light I recall my youthful days: no balcony too steep nor high – those I could not climb, then~ simply I would fly Wanted: old Juliet, with sympathetic elevator -- ...

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Categories: vanity, dream, funny love, humor,
Form: Free verse

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